Dress regret ladies…

Just a question, I read SO much about ladies having dress regret and I really can’t wrap my head around why? I think alot has to do with “still looking”/comparing yourself to others after finding a dress that you love. Thoughts??

I never understood it. I myself don’t have dress regret, I love my dress to bits, but Ive been reading so many stories lately! Just curious what people thought about why it happens. I believe because you still look, compare yourself to others etc. Its not a healthy thing.

I’m definitely feeling some dress regret right now, but it really is my own fault. Went BM dress shopping the other day and it made me really excited so I went home to try on my own again. Unfortunately I’ve gained a little weight and it doesn’t look nearly as good as when I bought it. Hoping to shed about 10 pounds and be happy again!

I knew the dress I wanted, tried it on and fell in love…it was over my budget, so I settled for a totally different style dress from the same designer, but could not stop thinking about the first one. I knew I would regret not being able to ever wear the first dress…so, now I have two dresses, and my dream dress will be worn most of the night during the reception, but my dress for the ceremony will be in all my pre-post ceremony photos before the reception.

I think it stems from not trying on enough dresses. I tried on so. many. dresses that I had no qualms about saying yes to the one when I found it. I don’t think about “what if there is a better dress out there..” because there isn’t. I’ve tried them all on already!

@foreverlovex: it doesn’t help that brides get bombarded with images of other brides looking so happy in their dresses…if there is any shred of self-consciousness it can be enough to make a bride second-guess her decision. I agree with other bees that you must stop looking at dresses once you have made your choice! Or, if you aren’t over the moon excited about it, don’t buy it to begin with! I tried on lots I hated, and then a bunch that I just liked…thought they were pretty but they didn’t make me feel pumped to show up at my wedding in them. i really had that gut level certainty when I eventually found my dress and, despite seeing lots of gorgeous dresses posted by other bees on this site, I haven’t had a moment of dress regret. Not a second. Trust your gut!

@foreverlovex: I bought my dress at a trunk show before the designer was selling it in stores (I got it during bridal amrket in nyc). So, for a long time there were no stock photos but, once stock photos went up I had dress regret immediately. For whatever reason, the model looked SO STRANGE to me and it made me question my choice until I looked back at my own pictures and saw I looked so different.